Virgin Births a dime a dozen

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Personally, I think the claim was more likely to have originated with his fan club after they started to claim divine status for him.

It is not a far fetched notion, considering that other cultures before and around that time also had divine hero types who were born of a virgin mortal mother who had become impregnated by a god. The similarities do not end there, however. Each of the hero types in their respective cultures preached to the people, healed and spoke of god's love, was sacrificed by the people and then rose from the dead three days later. Christianity is not original in its Jesus story at all.